I was on my way to work...........and was being followed by a Police V70......it was a 40 limit and I was doing around 43/44............there was no traffic in front or behind and this continued for around 2 miles.....gradually my speed increased to an indicated 47mph..........no reaction from the police

makes me wonder how accurate the speedo is?


Anyways we approach a roundabout for which I slow for.......on the exit as the V70 followed me through I applied too much power and as I crossed over the point at which the camber changes I generated a very moderate powerslide....at most the rear stepped out by 6 inches.....it might have felt more that it actually was

After I'd recovered the car I accelerated gently to 30mph and held up my hand to kind of acknowledge what had happened.........then the blue lights come on and I indicate left ready for the invetiable pull and lecture..........the V70 overtakes me.....blue lights go off and he goes off into the distance

wtf was that all about?

 

Dunno - sounds like you did the right thing though.

They may have had a call to a job ?

According to the road angel the speedo is 2mph out at 45mph. ie when it reads 45, you're actually doing 43.

 

Speedo is probably over-reading by 2-3 mph at 40.

Either he was deliberately just trying to put the wind up you or it was coincidental timing and he had a call to be somewhere else at the time you let the back end step out....

 

Trying to bait the cops instead of the mods now Zero?

 

I know those RWS skip moments. I try to generate then whenever possible!

I don't know how obvious it looks from outside the car, though.

He was either rushing for coffee break, or just trying to wind you up.

 

He wanted a look at your car.

 

He probably wanted a race, you shoulda floored it.

 

makes me wonder how noticeable a moderate slide actually is from outside the car?........

I would like to think it highlights the fact that it's infinately more preferable to have policemen patrolling the roads than cameras......he'd been following me for atleast 4 miles and in that time I hope I was demonstrating good awareness....i.e I was keeping to the limit and I was driving with consideration for the conditions

It was obvious that on the exit of the roundabout that I'd got caught out a little.....it would be nice to think that they'd made a judgement based on what they'd seen of my driving that I'd made a simple driver error......corrected it....acknowledged the fact....

and therefore been given a 'blue light' slap on the wrists....."be careful sir...it's wet this morning"

 

I know what it was. He had to go and put more film in the scamera 2 miles down the road, he'd been radio'd urgently by HQ, that the scamera had run out.

 

It's noticable.

When we were hooning about in the bad weather you can see the car in front shimmy